m4rcus Posted August 30, 2006 Report Share Posted August 30, 2006 Here are some pics of my PAMs...please bear in mind that this is my first attempt after reading Pugwash's tutorials...I have lots of learning to do. Thanks Pugwash! My PAM 111H. It started off life as my first rep purchased from Ioffer. It arrived with the wrong dial. The font on the numbers was all wrong. I replaced the dial and hands with Davidsen's... Next is my PVD PAM from Davidsen also. I purchased it from a RWG member. It orginally had a blank dial, but I changed the dial recently. I have a new version of the crown guard on order from Davidsen. Damn...there is a lot of freaking dust in my house...sheesh. It all comes out in these close up pics. The PVD PAM really doesn't have all that dust inside the crystal. Here is it in B&W...still don't know if I like this or not... Anyway...there you have it. Thanks to RWG this n00b has learned how to change movements, hands, crown guards, crowns, and even is staring to learning how to take half way decent pictures. Thanks everyone for your contributions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watchski Posted August 30, 2006 Report Share Posted August 30, 2006 Here are some pics of my PAMs...please bear in mind that this is my first attempt after reading Pugwash's tutorials...I have lots of learning to do. Thanks Pugwash! My PAM 111H. It started off life as my first rep purchase from Ioffer. It arrived with the wrong dial. The font on the numbers was all wrong. I replaced the dial and hands with Davidsen's... Next is my PVD PAM from Davidsen also. I purchased it from a RWG member. It orginally had a blank dial, but I changed the dial recently. I have a new version of the crown guard on order from Davidsen. Damn...there is a lot of freaking dust in my house...sheesh. It all comes out in these close up pics. The PVD PAM really doesn't have all that dust inside the crystal. Here is it in B&W...still don't know if I like this or not... Anyway...there you have it. Thanks to RWG this n00b has learned how to change movements, hands, crown guards, crowns, and even is staring to learning how to take half way decent pictures. Thanks everyone for your contributions. I think the PAMs are gorgeous.... your collection is one to be respected!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m4rcus Posted August 30, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2006 I think the PAMs are gorgeous.... your collection is one to be respected!! Thanks. I used the dial and movement out of the PAM that I bought from you last week in the PVD. I'm going to use your old case for a 005 Logo project. I'll post pics of that when I'm done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugwash Posted August 30, 2006 Report Share Posted August 30, 2006 please bear in mind that this is my first attempt after reading Pugwash's tutorials...I have lots of learning to do. Thanks Pugwash! Yay! Excellent work! You've given it some thought which is always good. Interesting composition is always a bonus. To remove the dust (that's noise), turn the ISO setting to the lowest you can. Canon PowerShot S2, right? You're already on half a second exposure (according to the EXIF) so you can drop the ISO, increase the resolution and reduce the picture in Picasa or similar. For fun, I've given the middle picture a miracle bath in Photoshoppy goodness to show you how close you are: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fitmic Posted August 30, 2006 Report Share Posted August 30, 2006 Congratulations man! Very fine watches... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dadog13 Posted August 30, 2006 Report Share Posted August 30, 2006 nice pics....you have passed the Pugwash exam..congratulations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quarks Posted August 30, 2006 Report Share Posted August 30, 2006 Very sweet!! I am not even there yet... and I dont even know how to use photoshop (if I have one, maybe I would!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linkukbora Posted August 30, 2006 Report Share Posted August 30, 2006 Nice......a true panerai collection Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m4rcus Posted August 30, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2006 Yay! Excellent work! You've given it some thought which is always good. Interesting composition is always a bonus. To remove the dust (that's noise), turn the ISO setting to the lowest you can. Canon PowerShot S2, right? You're already on half a second exposure (according to the EXIF) so you can drop the ISO, increase the resolution and reduce the picture in Picasa or similar. For fun, I've given the middle picture a miracle bath in Photoshoppy goodness to show you how close you are: Thanks for the kind words everyone. Pugwash's tutorials makes taking decent pics pretty easy. Pug, I'll try changing the ISO setting next time. I have a few more watches that I'd like to get nice pictues of. BTW, your right the camera is a Canon S2 IS. I got it a few months ago after going to the Grand Tetons in Wyoming and being really disapointed in almost every picture my crappy 2 MP camera produced. Thanks for photoshopping my pic. I'll have to install photoshop and try my hand at that too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotoman Posted August 30, 2006 Report Share Posted August 30, 2006 Yay! Excellent work! You've given it some thought which is always good. Interesting composition is always a bonus. To remove the dust (that's noise), turn the ISO setting to the lowest you can. Canon PowerShot S2, right? You're already on half a second exposure (according to the EXIF) so you can drop the ISO, increase the resolution and reduce the picture in Picasa or similar. For fun, I've given the middle picture a miracle bath in Photoshoppy goodness to show you how close you are: what did you do in photoshop. i'm curious Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugwash Posted August 30, 2006 Report Share Posted August 30, 2006 what did you do in photoshop. i'm curious I used the magic 'make watch picture better' filter. Ok, I used some noise reduction (Noise Ninja - different amounts in different areas), levels, unsharp mask on the dial, clone tool to remove spots ... the usual, basically. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watchski Posted August 30, 2006 Report Share Posted August 30, 2006 They are "pamacilious" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikellem Posted August 30, 2006 Report Share Posted August 30, 2006 Nice pics m4rcus, Amazing how wonderful Pugs Photo Tutorial helps photo newbies...(including myself) Nice shots and excellent Pams... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x86uops Posted August 30, 2006 Report Share Posted August 30, 2006 m4rcus: Nice pictures ... nice watch. pug: Your tutorial is really very nice and very helpful for a newbie like me. I think I'll be able to post some pictures as soon as I receive my watches from Josh. They're on their way ... Thanks RWG ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuDro Posted August 30, 2006 Report Share Posted August 30, 2006 Need to get off my [censored].... Need to buy new camera.... Need to take pictures as good as these... Want to be like the Pug... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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